Novell is readying a maintenance update for SUSE Linux Enterprise Real-Time (SLERT), its real-time Linux distribution targeting enterprise applications, including trading systems. The update brings bugfixes and incremental improvements adapted from the “Service Pack 1” (SP1) update recently delivered to customers of its… (more…)

The open industry group in charge of PowerPC has published the agenda for its first-ever developer conference. Many topics likely to interest embedded Linux developers will be addressed during the inaugural Power Architecture Developer Conference, set for Sept. 24-25 in Austin, Texas. (more…)

The Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF) is soliciting papers for its first European conference. Set for Nov. 2-3 in Linz, Austria, the event will be held in conjunction with the 9th Real-Time Linux Workshop. (more…)

Another Linux-based gadget has broken into the mainstream consumer electronics marketplace. The Sonos Digital Music System is now available in more than 450 Best Buy retail outlets in the U.S., alongside Linux-powered classics like the TiVo, Linksys WRT54G (V1-3), and Sony HD TVs. (more…)

A vendor of HA (high-availability) middleware is shipping what it claims to be the first usable implementation of a specification aimed at standardizing the interface between software and HA middleware. SAFfire 2.0 combines GoAhead's flagship SelfReliant middleware with its implementation of the SA Forum's AIS (application interface specification), release B.02. (more…)

Weeks away from the full release of version 5.0 of its flagship embedded Linux distribution, MontaVista is touting support for an Intel hardware reference design aimed at multi-service residential gateway equipment. MontaVista Linux Professional Edition 5.0 (Pro 5.0), expected to go gold this month, will support Intel's IXP435 platform, the Linux vendor said. (more…)

Linux device software stack vendor Trolltech has acquired Fonav, a vendor of unified messaging software. Trolltech plans to use Fonav's “unified live inbox” application software to enhance its Qtopia stacks for mobile phones and VoIP phones, it said. (more…)

The first network equipment provider (NEP) to roll its own Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) distribution has launched a new version. Performance Technologies, Inc. (PTI) says NexusWare version 12 adds support for PowerPC processor architectures, along with features aimed at CGL 4.0 readiness. (more…)

Virtualizing microkernel vendor Open Kernel Labs (OK) has joined the partner ecosystems of ARM and MontaVista. The Chicago-based spin-out from Australia's national computer R&D thinktank says that mutual customers have combined its products with MontaVista Linux for nearly two years. (more…)

Two ISVs (independent software vendors) have announced plans to port their commercial applications to Palm's forthcoming Linux- and ARM-based miniature laptop. Astraware will offer Sodoku and Solitaire applications, while MotionApps will port its mDayscape PIM (personal information manager) to… (more…)

Mass hysteria erupted in the blogosphere today, when two leading technology standards groups joined forces to issue a press release containing over 50 acronyms. WARNING: Read on at your own risk! (more…)

Linux was selected for a NASA experiment aimed at proving the feasibility of COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) hardware and software for scientific space missions. A key requirement was for application development and runtime environments familiar to scientists, to facilitate porting applications from the lab… (more…)

A vendor of “full-system” virtualized software development tools has added support for a dual-core PowerPC processor targeting high-end network devices. Virtutech says a newly available Freescale MPC8572E PowerQUICC III simulation model for its Simics tools lets software development begin ahead of silicon availability. (more…)

VirtualLogix has started shipping version 2.0 of its virtualization platform for telecom. VLX for Network Infrastructure (VLX-NI) 2.0 adds high-availability features, support for mixing legacy 32-bit and new 64-bit OSes on Intel's 64-bit EMT64 architecture, and the capability to run unmodified legacy OSes on processors with Intel Virtualization Technology. (more…)

SysMaster used embedded Linux to create a four-line IP (Internet protocol) video phone with built-in PBX and audio/video playback capabilities. The Tornado M20 can help network operators deliver voice or audio/video services to consumers and business users, according to the company. (more…)